Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where we are being inspired to create using a Tic Tac Toe board. I have chosen to use the Fall, Fun-fold and Ribbon line and have used the Inspirational Sketches stamp set to make my card.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the Autumnal toadstools card, you will need:

Early Espresso card base – 7⅛” by 4⅛” – scored at 5⅞”
Early Espresso card – 4⅛” by 1¼”
Basic Beige – 4” by 1⅛” x 2
Country Woods dsp – 3⅞” by 1” x 2
Poppy Parade card – 5¼” by 3¼” x 2
Basic Beige – 5” by 3“
Basic Beige – 5¾” by 4” – for the inside

The strips of Country Woods dsp were adhered to the strips of Basic Beige card. These were then glued to the top ¼” flap of the card front and to the strip Early Espresso card and set them aside.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set and the Nested Essentials Dies used to make a pretty Autumnal Toadstools card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The group of toadstools were stamped in Early Espresso ink onto the piece of Basic Beige card measuring 5” by 3“. I used the following Blends Pens to colour in the image – Pretty in Pink, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green and Crumb Cake. I also used a white gel pen from my stash to add the white dots to the toadstool caps.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set and the Nested Essentials Dies used to make a pretty Autumnal Toadstools card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The coloured image was then die cut using the Nested Essentials Dies. I also die cut two slightly larger labels from the panels of Poppy Parade card; one was adhered to the back of the coloured panel.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set and the Nested Essentials Dies used to make a pretty Autumnal Toadstools card for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

The 1¼” piece of Early Espresso card with the added Basic Beige and dsp panel was lined up with the bottom edge and sides of the card base, I held it in position with a little removable adhesive from my stash. Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive was applied to the back of the die cut and decorated label, on the top and bottom only and the label was added it to top and bottom strips of the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty Autumnal Toadstools card made for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set and the Nested Essentials Dies from Stampin’ Up!

The Basic Beige panel for the inside was glued in position and the sentiment was stamped in Poppy Parade ink where it would be hidden behind the floating label. I also stamped the hashed image in Early Espresso ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty Autumnal Toadstools card made for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set and the Nested Essentials Dies from Stampin’ Up!

To make the back of the card front look a little neater I glued the 2^nd Poppy Parade label to the back. A length of Linen Thread was wrapped around the label and tied in a bow. A trio of Earth Tones Shimmer Gems finished the card.

Please hop on to share the Autumnal/Fall inspiration provided by my crafty friends. Next up is the lovely Diane Evans.

Angie McKenzie   ●  Aurelie Fabre   ●  Mo Rootes

   Diane Evans  ●  Judith Patterson

Karen Henderson  ●  Jan Musselman

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: